XOXO, which offers a mix of Asian food, cocktails and late-night DJs in Upper Street, Islington, is set to be discussed by an Islington Council licencing committee tonight (Wednesday) after officers complained following a series of disturbances inside and outside.

Pc Peter Conisbee has compiled a report which police believe is grounds for cutting the venue’s hours back to midnight from the current 2am licence.

The alleged disturbances include:

n Up to 20 drunk youngsters involved in a mass brawl which led to several arrests for actual bodily harm, affray and assault of a police officer.

n A man left the venue intoxicated and was then assaulted. He was later found collapsed and too drunk to tell emergency services about any next of kin.

n Drunk punters who left the bar tried to get into nearby Ladybird Bar and attacked bouncers when they were refused entry.

n Reports of a mass disturbance involving women and men fighting.

n An extremely drunk girl dashed straight out of the venue into the road.

Pc Conisbee said that the venue attracted a very young, intoxicated crowd and that there had been a number of very serious incidents in the past year.

He said: “The level of violent crime associated with this venue is wholly disproportionate to similar well-managed venues in the area.

‘Unsolved’

“The police cannot afford to permit a venue to operate which in its current state generates so much violent crime – much of which remains unsolved, due in part to the extreme level of intoxication of the victims.”

As part of the review, which is backed by a number of nearby residents, the police want the current designated premises supervisor, Santosh Kholi, to be removed and the current security team to be changed.

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